Changes

Someone once said, "If nothing ever changed, then there would be no butterflies."

Although changes are a natural part of life, change is hard causing us to want to stay in the safe and known. However, once we venture out, we experience new and wonderful things and we grow just like the butterfly.

Why the talk about change? It is appropriate at this time of the year for many reasons. Students are getting ready to change grade levels, growing another year older and wiser. Teachers are getting ready to change their classrooms from the quiet slumber of summer into a dynamic culture of learning for their new class of students.

GCS Instructional Technology Facilitators are changing as well. It is now official that we will be divided into Elementary ITFs and Secondary ITFs. The reasons for the change are many having to do with things like Revised Blooms Taxonomy, STEM, and Common Core. But one very important reason is to allow us to use our educational backgrounds to change the educational experience of our students as we help to prepare them for uncharted waters.

Change isn't easy. I will be leaving behind my two secondary schools in which I have invested five years and have formed some valuable friendships. It has been weird knowing that I will not be planning for middle school and high school and a little sad as I know I will miss being in those schools. I trust they will continue to move forward in the great strides we have made.

Change is a little scary. I have balanced my schedule with six schools before and now I will serving eight. Being the perfectionist that I am, I am already putting scenarios on paper on how I can cover those eight so at the end of the day I will look back and know I did my best.

Change is also exciting. I will be diving in deeply into elementary curriculum integration and truly use my skill set where I am best trained to make a difference in education.

I am taking my cue from the butterfly, how about you?